How About An Everglades License Plate?

ASK THE GOVERNOR - Q & A WITH LAWTON CHILES

"Ask the Governor" is a weekly feature in which Gov. Lawton Chiles answers readers' questions about state government.

Dear Gov. Chiles,

Why is there no Everglades license plate? If we had an Everglades license plate, the money from the plate could offset the cost of cleaning up the Everglades.

The Everglades is found nowhere else in the entire world and I think it is just as important as our sports teams or the other license plates I see in Florida.

Marci Koll

North Lauderdale

Dear Ms. Koll,

Thank you for your recent letter and license tag idea. I can certainly understand your support for this tag. I agree that many Floridians would be proud to display a license plate commemorating the Everglades.

Because it would take an act of the state Legislature to create a new tag, I encourage you to contact your state senator and representative to express your views. Should a bill relating to the Everglades tag subject ever come to my desk for signature, I will give it my closest attention, keeping in mind your comments.

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